Ten fun facts about Vikings

Fact 1Vikings made bread from whole meal flour but often it contained seeds of cornfield weeds.

Fact 2Items that have been discovered in the Viking diet included the seeds of carrots, parsnip, and brassicas.

Fact 3Vikings ate mostly beef, mutton, as well as pork. Small amounts of horsemeat were consumed as well.Fact 4Their ships allowed the Vikings to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland, and as far south as Nekor.

Fact 5This period of Viking expansion, known as the Viking Age, constitutes an important aspect of the medieval history of Scandinavia, Great Britain, Ireland, Russia, and the rest of Europe.